SECTION IIIPassive gear
Article 8Dimensions and immersion time
1.Where fishing is conducted using gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets, the use of more than 9 km of nets for vessels with an overall length of up to and including 12 m and 21 km of nets for vessels with an overall length of more than 12 m shall be prohibited.
2.The immersion time of the nets referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed 48 hours.
3.By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the immersion time of nets referred to in paragraph 1 when fishing under the ice cover shall not be limited.
Article 9Restrictions on driftnets
1.From 1 January 2008 it shall be prohibited to keep on board, or use for fishing, driftnets.
2.In 2006 and 2007, a vessel may keep on board, or use for fishing, driftnets if authorised to do so by the competent authorities of the flag Member State.
3.In 2006 and 2007, the maximum number of vessels which may be authorised by a Member State to keep on board, or use for fishing, driftnets shall not exceed 40 % and 20 % respectively of the fishing vessels which used driftnets during the period 2001 to 2003.
4.By way of derogation from paragraph 3, in subdivisions 25 to 32 the maximum number of vessels which may be authorised by a Member State to keep driftnets on board or use them for fishing shall not exceed 40 % of the fishing vessels which used driftnets during the period 2001 to 2003.
5.Member States shall communicate to the Commission by 30 April each year the list of vessels authorised to carry out fishing activities using driftnets.
Article 10Conditions for driftnets
1.The master of a fishing vessel using driftnets shall keep a logbook in which he shall record the following information on a day-to-day basis:
(a)the total length of the nets on board;
(b)the total length of the nets used in each fishing operation;
(c)the quantity, date and position of by-catches of cetaceans.
2.All fishing vessels using driftnets shall keep on board the authorisation referred to in Article 9(2).